GESAMP: Principles for Developing Coastal Water Quality Criteria - UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 42

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dc.contributor.authorFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
dc.contributor.authorWorld Health Organization
dc.contributor.authorWorld Meteorological Organization
dc.contributor.authorInternational Maritime Organization
dc.contributor.authorInternational Atomic Energy Agency
dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.coverage.spatialOceans and Seas
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-11T08:45:33Z
dc.date.available2019-09-11T08:45:33Z
dc.date.issued1984
dc.descriptionCoastal water quality criteria were considered for the protection of human health and amenities, ecosystems and living resources. For all uses, criteria must be based on cause-effect relationships. Twenty-one principles were developed, of which five pertain to goals, ten to methodology and six to implementation. Development of criteria for the protection of ecosystems is difficult because of the physical scale involved, costs and complexity of measurements required and our relative inexperience in this field. Protection of human health in consumption of sea food is often achieved through regulations of the quality of these products; but such regulations should not influence the role of criteria for the quality of the water where fish and shellfish are grown.en
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dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/29845
dc.languageEnglish
dc.page.number36 p.
dc.relation.ispartofUNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies
dc.rights.accessLevelPublic
dc.subjectwater quality
dc.subjectecosystem
dc.subjectfish
dc.subject.sdgSDG 14 - Life below Water
dc.titleGESAMP: Principles for Developing Coastal Water Quality Criteria - UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 42en
dc.typeTechnical report

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